Once you start it, you won't be able to switch it off!
How does it compare to similar audio books?
Excellent
How does it compare to audio works by the same author?
Not applicable
Advantages:
Inspiring
Disadvantages:
none that i can think of
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
I wish i had been the first but I can't believe that there's only one person ahead of me! I have heard that this book has inspired politicians and activists for generations. I can only suggest that some need to read it again! I won't rewrite the last excellent review..the book is inspiring, shocking and beautiful. There are parts, the tenderness of which will bring tears to your eyes. ..where Owens son falls asleep wrapped round his dad or where Old Jack Linden succumbs to the inevitable and enters the work house; there are moments of sublime comedy that will make you laugh out loud..the names of the characters and firms.. the Brigands conspiring to defraud the council; there are descriptions of poverty and hardship that will stir the revolutionary in you. The baddies are bad and have no redeeming features, the goodies are flawed. Although there are political lectures throughout - they educate and agitate without being preachy and precious. My favourite parts are the internal dialogues and turmoil of Owen and Barrington when they (seperately) almost lose the faith. The characters are strong, the descriptions vivid, the comedy perfect and the message as relevant today as it was then. Read and enjoy.. if you have the same view of the world when you finish as you do now, you have no soul.
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